Cornell Graduation

We are still alive...

We are just getting adjusted to life without school.

All of our friends are heading back to Cornell right now, and for the first time in our lives we are not in school. It is a strange concept and I have to admit that I am feeling a little stagnant. Our whole marriage has revolved around school and now we are in the grown up world. It's a bummer. I told Anthony he should apply to Med school again so we can be in school forever. (... and debt forever too, but I feel like we will be anyways..)

 Truth be told, I think it was a huge blessing that we decided on Cornell instead of medical school. 

Grad school is hard. And I wasn't even in school. Being the wife of a grad student is HARD.

I don't know if I could really survive anymore school. I like having Anthony home and a regular schedule.

On a happier note, Anthony's graduation on May 25 was a really happy day. We made it.

The ceremony was really nice and Andy Bernard from the office gave the commencement speech was awesome. Go on YouTube and watch it. 

I complained about Ithaca a lot, pretty much every day, at least in my head. 

People... I MISS IT. I miss it so much. Cornell is such a beautiful campus and I am sad that I didn't go there EVERY DAY. Ithaca will always hold a very special place in my heart as well as all the wonderful people we met. It is such a unique place and I will miss it forever.

Murat and Andrew

Daly

Julie Carmalt and Will White

Tiffany and Murat

Oh The Places We Have Gone

We have been quite busy lately.

Anthony was given the opportunity to represent the "first year students" from Cornell with a few other "second years" at the UAB conference. Basically, the top M.H.A. schools go and compete against each other with proposed business plans. They get the problem/company 3 weeks before and work like madmen to create the best proposition. At least that is what I understood. Anthony flew to Alabama and got to enjoy some sunshine and warmth, while Amelia and I were stuck in snowstorm in Ithaca. (They didn't win... hopefully, better luck next year when A is captain.)

Anthony has been looking for internships for the summer. He had an interview in Danville, PA, and Amelia and I were along for the ride. It was only 3 hours away, but Amelia didn't care. She wanted OUT! Anthony had his interviews from 12-5, so Amelia and I had time to kill. We went to Walmart, and got some more squeezable baby food, we went to Panera Bread and had a girls' lunch, we drove around the dinky town and decided we don't care much to live there, and we went to the library and played with their toys. My goal was to keep her awake the whole time so she would sleep on the ride home. From 4-5 was a bit rough.

Anthony had a Healthcare conference in Chicago, so Amelia and I tagged along. I L.O.V.E. Chicago. It's a big city, but it's CLEAN and I think they have some of the prettiest buildings. We made the 12 hour drive there, and Amelia did very well... not even a CRY!! We left at 4:00 in the morning, but it was daylight savings, so our times were completely messed up the whole week since we were changing time zones as well. While Anthony was at his meetings, Amelia and I got to hangout with  the Tomlinson's (Anthony's cousins). We had a blast. The ride home was not so good. We got caught in a horrible snowstorm and it took 16-17 hours to get home. Amelia did good, but we were all pretty restless (read: cranky) by the time we got home.

This all happened in 2 Weeks... We were home from Chicago for 3 days and then headed to The Big Apple for a week!

Next Up:: NEW YORK CITY